clifford_thornton

I've thought about putting a mono cartridge on my 2nd TT. May yet happen.

I really dig the new Big Black. It's called Songs about Fucking, and people here might enjoy it...

One of my favorite records! Thanks for bringing this up. He's excellent on record (never got to see him live), and I hope he is doing well!

I bet there are Swedish or Scandinavian dudes involved, somehow.

Not that easy to find!

The sound on my Liberty USA pressing is warm and full-bodied, with not a hint of aftertaste. In fact, the session almost leaps out of the glass into one's nose!

I haven't heard it in years, but remember really digging it at the time. It's a weird one!

I also hold them both in equal esteem, though the Brooks gets more spins by me. Duke Jordan may be the reason for the extra listens. No DLPs at this time, but hey, why not make some extra $$ and keep 'em separate?

I just finished making one. It reflects my tastes and his curiosity, without delving too much into obscurity or serious racket (as can be my preference)... criticize at will! Anthony Williams "Two Pieces of One: Green" (fr. Life Time), w/ Rivers, Peacock, Davis Eric Dolphy "Mandrake" (fr. Iron Man) Dizzy Reece "Blues in Trinity" (fr. Blues in Trinity) Warne Marsh "Yardbird Suite" (fr. Warne Marsh, on Atlantic) trio w/ Chambers, Motian Andrew Hill "Ode to Von" (fr. Smokestack) Stanley Cowell "Bobby's Tune" (fr. Brilliant Circles) Jackie McLean "Old Gospel" (fr. New & Old Gospel) Marion Brown "Juba-Lee" (fr. Juba-Lee) Cecil Taylor "Mixed" (fr. Into the Hot) Albert Ayler "Angels" (fr. Spirits Rejoice)

That seems more "worth" a grand than a lot of LPs. I would hope at least 2 grand! And as for Ron's LPs, why did a NM- 63rd St. of Us Three only get one bid? It's a nice little session.

Welcome, HG.

Anybody here see the Thing (+ Joe McPhee) at the Victory Grill in Austin, or at MECA in Houston? Caught both gigs, and the Houston show in particular was superb.

I'm curious to see what it goes for. That shit gets under my skin! Do you think that the rabid BN collectors even care about things like this, without a certain address on the label or a certain photographer's cover design?!

Wow!

Yeah, I had Musics and did not keep it. Yawn...

I'm curious about the "trainwreck," though I bet it's pretty bad. Tyrone sounds good in looser contexts; in fact, I wish the trio track from Natural Essence had its vibe spread across the whole date. That was more what I was looking for upon buying the LP in the first place. I was giving Brilliant Circles a spin earlier this evening, and that is one hell of a record - he is fantastic on it.

Noah Howard - The Black Ark - (UK Polydor orig)

For keeps, evidently...

Horace Tapscott - Flight 17 - (Nimbus) Great 1978 session with the Pan-African People's Arkestra...

Pulled it off the shelf. Better than I remember it, but... it feels a lot like a lot of other sessions from this period of Blue Note. No Schizophrenia this date, but "Soul Dance" is a good tune.

I am partial to "Mapa," myself. Love this record.

Stanley Cowell - Brilliant Circles - (UK Polydor orig) Now: Tyrone Washington - Natural Essence - (BN Liberty orig)

Umm... because it's not that good? (TRAVESTY!!!) Seriously, I had high hopes for that LP, and it just never delivered. Still in the shelves, but...

I feel like you just have to look at the personnel and know exactly what kind of noodling is going to take place. Yeah, I know what I'm getting into every time I pick up a Frank Wright record, but at least it'll have some oomph behind it. Noodling can have oomph, too, but...

In all seriousness, a friend of mine recently asked me to make him a comp of jazz, including "accessible" and "out" stuff. Knowing full well that my tastes lean on the free stuff, and European free jazz especially, I'm still trying to figure out what to put together for him.